How do the camper fees get spent?
About 20% of the gross fee goes to either paying local taxes or back to the Forest Service in the form of something called a GT fee. This GT fee is reinvested into the campgrounds where the fees were collected. This fee has helped pay for new toilets, picnic tables, signs and other improvements in the campgrounds. Most of the fee goes toward the every day cleaning that is needed. Hoodoo either has a host living at the campground or sends in an attendant from two to four times a day to clean and do minor maintenance. The fee purchases toilet paper, paper towels, sanitizer, garbage bags and a myriad of other supplies that are needed. It also helps us remove the garbage, provide water in some places, pump septic vaults and provide communication. Over the last ten years of managing campgrounds almost 100% of the campers fees have gone back into the campground or local area thus enhancing the camper’s experience. Very little of our federal taxes are spent to support recreation.
